<?php
/*
Copyright (©) 2003-2014 Teus Benschop.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*/


class Filter_Character
{

  /**
  * Returns a soft hyphen.
  */
  public static function softHyphen ()
  {
    // The "­" below is not an empty string, but the soft hyphen U+00AD.
    return "­";
  }


  /**
  * Returns a no-break space (NBSP).
  */
  public static function noBreakSpace ()
  {
    // The space below is a no-break space.
    return " ";
  }


  /**
  * Returns an "en space", this is a nut, half an em space.
  */
  public static function enSpace ()
  {
    // The space below is U+2002.
    return " ";
  }


}

?>
